(01-22-2017 12:35 PM)Phlipper33 Wrote:  Really impressed with UTA averaging 9 points per sport offered so far. Hopefully their spring sports can keep up the pace, and they get pretty high in the standings even though they only offer 14 sports. Next year that goes to 15 with the addition of women's golf, although who knows how good a first year golf team can be.

A bit off topic here, but I'm still hoping we'll eventually get an announcement of adding football and women's soccer, hopefully in the next year or two. If my memory from UTSA starting football is correct, a school has to spend at least 2 years in FCS before transitioning to FBS, so it would behoove UTA to go ahead and start an FCS program so there's a chance of moving to FBS should the Sun Belt lose a school in the next round of realignment or if they ever decide to go up to 12 teams. The addition of women's soccer (along with golf) would put UTA at 16 sports offered in conference, right in line with most of the other schools.

I'm surprised Little Rock doesn't offer tennis. I know it's a long shot they ever start football, but adding men's and women's tennis would get them closer to the rest of the conference. I can't find any discussion on the matter, but it does appear there are tennis courts on campus.

I can assure you the Mav athletic department takes the Bubas Cup very seriously. We added women's golf with an eye toward that. Our team will finish middle of the pack at worst in their first year, as we will have players who have been on scholarship and practicing for the past two years. Took a redshirt and one year of lost eligibility to do it, but we are serious about competing.

Also, rumors I'm hearing, with no teeth attached to them is that there is a possibility of a soccer add, both men and women on the horizon. Nothing official, just a preliminary look at both sports. I talk a little about it here: http://themaverickrambler.blogspot.com/2...sport.html